The Upstanding Hitlers of Ohio

Hitler

There's only one Hitler, but there were some Americans who shared the last name

This article from a small newspaper in Ohio was pointed to me by a person who shall remain named Dennis. 

Here's some quick snippets of the piece:

Questions have risen from time to time about the Hitlers for whom were named Hitler Road, Hitler-Ludwig Road, Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery, Hitler Park and other places. Our Pickaway Hitlers were fine, upstanding citizens, the first of whom arrived in Pickaway Township in 1799.    

George Hitler was born May 15, 1763, in Maryland. He married Susannah Gay in Pennsylvania and they came to Pickaway with four of their children, John, Catharine, Jacob and George.

They had seven more children after coming here: Peter, Abraham, Elizabeth, Sarah, Susannah, Mary and Joseph. These children married into the Gouger, Ludwig, Morris, Evans, Lane, Earnhart and Winstead families and their descendants remain in our county.

Dr. Gay Hitler, son of George Washington Hitler, was a local dentist, serving our community from 1922 through 1946 from his office on West Main Street.

You have to wonder what happened in 1946 that caused them to stop serving the community.